Literate Programming

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Literate Programming   - Resources, consulting services, downloads, freeware for Windows 95/98/Me-NT/2000/XP; learn about the CWEB programming system; articles, books, CD, tools, news, links.

AMRITA - Literate programming system to communicate software-based ideas and information, very useful for programming and scientific computing, leverages LaTeX to generate interactive JavaScript-based PDF documents.

Bibliography on Literate Programming - A part of the Computer Science Bibliography Collection.

The CWEB System of Structured Documentation - By Donald Knuth and Levy, describing a prominent system of Literate Programming.

The Elucidative Programming Page - Literate programming variant; explanations embed no code, but display next to code, in Web browser; source files are not altered, explanations organized by whole abstraction, not free form; now supports Java, Scheme. Explanations, examples, downloads.

FunnelWeb Literate Programming Tool - Portable, production quality LP macro preprocessor, allows interweaving code and documentation for any programming language; emits HTML and TeX; runs on most platforms; Open source.

FWEB - A WEB system of structured documentation for multiple languages, originally the F was for FORTRAN, but now handles C, C++, Fortran (F77, F90), RATFOR, TeX (somewhat), tries to implement WYSIWYG language-independent mode. Open source, GPL.

The Java Elucidator - Elucidative Programming system for Java, has: web server, abstractor, database interface, Emacs major mode.

Literate Programming - By Donald Knuth; University of Chicago Press, 1992, ISBN 0937073806. Description of original, seminal book on LP, by its creator. Treats WEB system.

Literate Programming - The WikiWiki entry point for related information and discussions.

Literate Programming - Growing article, with links to many related topics. [Wikipedia]

Literate Programming - By Donald Knuth; University of Chicago Press, 1992, ISBN 0937073806. Description of original book on LP WEB system. Publisher website.

Literate Programming FAQ - Good place to start looking for information.

Literate Programming in Forth - An article by Peter J. Knaggs, originally presented at euroFORTH'95.

Literate Programming in XML - Article by Norman Walsh.

Literate Programming Library - A large collection of links to related resources.

Literate Programming: Propaganda and Tools - Overview of concepts, advocacy, and some ideas for applying LP.

Literate Programming with XML - Provide tools to support Donald Knuth's Literate Programming using XML instead of TeX. Is not based on any specific DTD or programming language, but instead uses processing instructions for processing the literate programs.

Noweb - Simple, extensible tool for Literate Programming.

The Nuweb System for Literate Programming - Descendent of the original, first written by Preston Briggs; description, downloads.

SGML/XML and Literate Programming - Information on applying SGML and XML to Literate Programming.

xmLP - A Literate Programming tool for XML written in XSL-T.